Add the "extract audio" option to reduce the size of the downloaded file and automatically extract the audio track from dailymotion videos

[trimechee]

Hello, when we sleep we often listen to rare documentaries in French on crime which only exist on the dailymotion site, for example:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8xx4py

and to save disk space ot quicly transfer the audio files to our samrtphone via snapdrop website for exemple, it will be great to automatically extract the audio track with this automatic audio extraction preset for dailymotion and facebook videos :

-f bestaudio/worst

or

-f bestaudio/worst -x

Thank you so much !

[alxnull]

Hey, I'm trying to better understand the difference between this suggestion and the already existing download options:

• "Best audio-only download" downloads only "bestaudio"
• Convert to mp3, m4a, ogg, wav options download "bestaudio/best" and extract audio in the specified format

[trimechee]

Hi, I changed my mind about the "extract audio" feature, no need to extract audio from dailymotion videos if dailymotion does not have an independent audio dash format: I have a better suggestion to replace extract audio preset with better revolutionary new universal preset giga fast: "-f bestaudio/worst":

so yes, generic general preset "extract audio" is especially useful when a YouTube tv channel or radio channel posts several videos extracts and we need to quickly download the audio from specific videos :

-f bestaudio/worst --extract-audio --audio-quality 0

The choice of the bestaudio preset is wise, because downloading worstaudio from YouTube is limited and unbearably slow throtteled by youtube , while the bestaudio preset is faster :

Now let's discuss the preset part: --extract-audio --audio-quality 0

Personally, I think this part of the preset is no longer useful these days and makes the process slower. Those who want to download the audio stream expect an ultra-fast download. If we use the preset --extract-audio --audio-quality 0 to download the audio from Dailymotion videos that don't have a Dash audio stream, Vividl will download the Dailymotion video and then convert the video stream to an audio stream. This is slow and resource-intensive. However, with our modern softwares, for example, the famous "foobar2000" audio player and the famous popular ad-free Musicolet Android app (by enabling the option : play video files as audio files), we can easily play video files as audio files while keeping our computer and smartphone screens closed !

And we save ourselves the hassle of the slow process of converting video to audio.

So, my new suggestion please : add and highlight this ultra-fast universal new preset, which will be called : "download best audio / or worst video if there is no independent dash audio stream"

-f bestaudio/worst

I think this new, ultra-fast universal preset will simplify things for beginners and make the project even more popular, standing out from competitors.

Thanks !